VT: I'M SOOOOOOOORRY!PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!!

Jaden: NO!

VT: Syrus?

Syrus: Well, maybe. But you have to do something for the readers?

VT; ANYTHING!

Syrus and Jaden: Disclaimer AND two chapters AND reviews!

VT: DONE!! And this disclaimer is for both chapters VARIOUSTHEME DOES NOT OWN YU-GI-OH GX!!! Thanks to Chaotic Blades, AxJfan, dark red shadows, Yume no Anime, Hawk-EVB, Kage Mistress of Shadows, Wanderer of Darkness and xRomulusIncarnatex for the reviews!

Syrus: Now to the story!!

Monday morning finally came around in a blur to Jaden has he barely managed to stay awake during class. All week, after the little nighttime ghost story of his, he had been having nightmares about dark shadows surrounding him. During the nightmares, he saw Syrus, Zane and, he guessed, the mysterious girl from the dock being attacked and swallowed by shadows. Obviously, he always ended up waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to fall back asleep again.

"Okay, class. We are glad to see that many of you applied to the tournament. Though, not all of you can be in the main tournament. Primary round are going to be held this weekend. All who applied will duel at least twice this weekend. When I call your name, please come down and collect your tournament player number. Andrew Anderson"

Jaden sighed, knowing that he wouldn't be till the end with his last name being Yuki. He gazed around at all the student in the room and his gazed stopped at Bastion. He remembered what had happened when he told the Ra what happened that night he found the note.

Flashback to a week ago

Jaden was walking to class with the note from the mysterious girl from the night before. Suddenly, something tapped him on the shoulder. He whirled around, lost his footing and fell right on top of Bastion.

"Hey, Jaden. Sorry if I scared you. What is that you got there?" He pointed to the note that now lied on the ground. Before Jaden could grab it, Bastion picked it up and read it. His face quickly lit up in excitement. "Do you know who this girl is? You actually know her!"

"Sorry, Bastion." Jaden told the Ra of the events from the night before. "And that's what I found."

Bastion reread the note. His heart was soaring. The girl thought he was cute. But how did she know he was trying to figure out how to beat her. Oh well, he would figure it out later. "You were planning to tell me, right?"

"Oh, of course. Come on. We don't want to be late." Jaden grabbed the note and dashed to the classroom.

End Flashback

Jaden smiled at the thought of Bastion. He knew the Ra was head over heels for the Ra girl with purple hair. He sighed.

"Bastion Misawa." Professor Banner called. Bastion walked down to get his number from the teacher and walked back up to his seat. Of course, he scanned the section where most of the Ra Yellow students sat, looking for the girl. After a few minutes of other names, Professor Banner said, "Angelina Myakka."

Then she stood up and walked down to collect her number. Bastion smiled and Jaden's eyes widened. It was the purple haired Ra he saw on the docks. She stood around Bastion's height and, instead of the skirt that most girls wore, she wore pants that the boys wore, obviously more comfortable for her.

Syrus glanced at Jaden quickly, then up to his brother, Zane. As Angelina made her way back to her seat, she nodded, unnoticed, to Syrus and Zane.

After class, Bastion tried finding the girl, but had no luck. Jaden went back to his room and fell asleep quickly. He had hoped it to be peaceful but he had no such luck.

Nightmare (Jaden's P.O.V.)

I saw three figures. But these figures were surrounded by shadows. And the shadows were killing them.

Suddenly, the details of the face became clear. There was Zane, being strangled and punched by a shadow. Next to him was Angelina. Her arms and legs were bleeding profoundly. Then there was little Syrus. But Syrus wasn't moving. He was just lying there, unconscious, probably, to my horror, dead.

That was when I noticed a pain in my legs and neck. I looked down and saw that my legs were bleeding more than Angelina was. I felt hands around my neck. I tried looking behind me, but these hands weren't letting go or letting me turn my head. Then, I heard a sickening snap. I fell limp. I realized what happened before I lost everything. What ever was behind me snapped my neck. I was killed.

Syrus's body was lying in front of me. Then I noticed that Zane's and Angelina's bodies were lying there on his sides, also dead from blood lose and suffocation. Then, the shadows started to swallow and dissolve their bodies. "No!"

End Nightmare

"No!" Jaden shot up from his bed drenched in sweat. The room around him was dark as was the sky outside. Night had fallen while Jaden was napping. Looking at the digital clock on the desk, it said 1:30 am. 1:30 AM! Jaden sighed. He knew this was going to be another restless night. Slowly, he went to the closet, where he knew Chumley put a stash of grilled cheese for later but Chumley would understand…hopefully.

After one sandwich, Jaden couldn't eat, no matter how much he tried. He couldn't take another bite. He changed and tried sleeping but the thought of his nightmare kept him awake. So, he ended up just lying there, staring up at the bottom of Syrus's bunk. 'Why can't I fall asleep? Why do I keep having nightmares about those three and me being killed by something I can't even see?'

Before Jaden knew it, it was morning. He knew that he had on of the last primary matches before noon, so he would let Syrus and Chumley wake him up later.

Sunday night finally rolled around. Jaden had pulled off the miracle of winning all of his duels and still not sleeping a single peaceful night. No, a better time period is a second. After and before every one of his duels, he was half asleep, so he was forced to ask the details of the other matches.

As it turned out, final match-ups were available by the end of the day. Jaden didn't bother to look. He didn't even need to look. He got the full run down from Syrus, who was eagerly bouncing around the room, literally. "Jaden! Come on, Jay. Wake up!"

Jaden threw a pillow at the short blue haired duelist. He mumbled, "I am awake, Sy. Now, who are in the quarter finals?"

"Well, the first match is Bastion vs. that Angelina Myakka girl, his crush! That's going to be good. Then it's you vs. Chazz! Then, after that, I go against Chumley, battle of the friendship, just like Yugi Moto and Joey Wheeler's in Duelist Kingdom. Then, lastly, Zane goes against Alexis." Syrus reported excitedly.

Jaden shot up from the bed, questions flying out of his mouth. "Bastion is going to duel his all time head-over-heels crush? I'm against Chazz? AGAIN?! You're going against our other roommate and Slifer buddy? TheZane is dueling my Alexis?"

"Didn't I just say that?" Syrus asks, annoyed about the whole repeating thing. "And what do you mean about 'my' Alexis?" the boy has an evil smirk.

"Um…" Jaden mumbled, then yelled, "Why didn't I know any of this?"

"You were asleep the whole time. And not peacefully either, may I add. Are you okay?" Syrus asked, looking at Jaden. Jaden was pale, very pale. He was getting huge black rings and bags around his eyes from lack of sleep, even though whenever he wasn't dueling, he was sleeping. His hair was a mess, too. Basically, Jaden was in no condition to duel for a while.

But, of course, Jaden wanted to show no sign of being as tired as he should be and was lying about it. "I'm fine, Sy. Don't worry. I'll (yawn) win my duel against Chazz, easy."

"Well, you do have till Saturday to get ready. And the Professors are letting any duelist in the quarterfinals skip this week's classes, expect Crowler. But you have to do some serious sleeping between now and then, promise?" Syrus looked questionability at the other Slifer in the room.

Jaden laughed, "I get your point, Sy. I'll go to bed right now. I probably look like I need it?" He walked slowly over to the bed.

"Probably?" Syrus teased him, earning another pillow in the face. "I'll leave you to that then. See ya in the morning." Closing the door quietly, he slipped down the stairs outside into the forest.

Then, Syrus walked right into a cave, not even batting an eyelash in fear. After a few minutes of walking, he stops at a door with a strange symbol that was cut into it fairly recently and has an equally strange lock system. Syrus put his hand on the door and said something in a quiet mumble that had the words "Duel Monster", "home", "Shadow Realm", and "key". At the end of the chant, he shouted, "OPEN!"

Of course, the door opened. (What else, blow up in his face?) He entered the room, shutting the door behind him and listening to the lock snap shut. Two sets of eyes peered at the Slifer, who was now enveloped in the darkness of the cave as well. A male voice asked the boy calmly, "Is he okay?"

"Just tried. I think the past is coming back to him violently, way too violently. He is having nightmares that cause him to lose sleep. Without sleep, well, let's just say, it doesn't look good on the dueling field."

A female voice sighs, "I can not help him this time. These dreams are not his own and I cannot tamper with them. They originate from the dark lords of the outer edges. They are probably trying to scare him, knowing without unity, we will crumble. If he is afraid, he will not regain any of his powers or be able to change back. If he is afraid of the truth, they will win and chaos will destroy everything."

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